The Basic Practice of Statistics w/CD-ROM (Hardcover)

by David S. Moore (Author)

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In the #1 bestselling brief text, The Basic Practice of Statistics (BPS), Moore brings the data analysis approach to the one-term course, with an accessible, fun style that helps students with limited mathematical backgrounds utilize the same tools, techniques, and interpretive skills working statisticians rely on everyday.
 
This extraordinary new edition of Moore's classic offers a number of innovations, including briefer chapters, a new problem-solving process, a wealth of new exercises, and new all-in-one place StatsPortal, with all the electronic tools instructors and students need.

About the Author
DAVID S. MOORE is Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Purdue University, USA. He received his BA from Princeton (1962) and PhD from Cornell (1967), both in Mathematics. He has written many research papers in statistical theory and served on the editorial boards of several major journals. He is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He has served as Programme Director for Statistics and Probability at the National Science Foundation. He was the 1998 President of the American Statistical Association.

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Product Details Hardcover: 728 pages Publisher: W. H. Freeman; 4th edition (August 4, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 071677478X ISBN-13: 978-0716774785 Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,533 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #2 in  Books > Business & Investing > Economics > Statistics #8 in  Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Mathematics > Applied > Statistics #11 in  Books > Science > Mathematics > Applied > Probability & Statistics

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Key Points, August 1, 2008 By  S. M Marson (Lumberton, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    I notice that most of the reviews for Moore's THE BASIC PRACTICE OF STATISTICS have been written by students. I found these reviews insightful to read. My students (like the ones who composed the reviews) are not math majors and do NOT want to enroll in a statistics course. Being sensitive to that fact, I spent a great deal of time selecting a statistic text. I had several concerns which directed me toward adopting Moore's text: 1. Oftentimes, one can find typos in textbooks. This isn't a major problem, but if there is a typo in a formula, the problems for students are enormous! If the professor is from the math or statistics department, he/she can quickly catch the error and explain it to the students. If the professor is from the social sciences, he/she is less likely to catch the error. I've actually found errors in statistics textbooks. These critical errors usually can be found in books which are written by social scientists (someone like me). Thus, I've concluded that stat books written by statisticians are less apt to have typos than stat books written by social scientists. Moore is a statistician with a considerable reputation. 2. I needed a book with excellent graphic illustrations. A good graphic will help a student understand a complex statistical concept better than the written word. Moore's text is filled with great graphics that explain complex concepts. Page 347 is a great example and has produced an epiphany for several students. 3. I needed an introductory book that included information on control charts. Moore offers this. Frankly, I haven't found another intro stat book that does this. I've reviewed a large number of statistic textbooks. In my estimation, Moore offers the best book for non math majors. For more reading about the use of THE BASIC PRACTICE OF STATISTICS, check out volume 27 issues 3-4, 2007, pages 199-213 of THE JOURNAL OF TEACHING IN SOCIAL WORK. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to like this book, I really did, December 13, 2008 By  BookMan (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) - See all my reviews    . . .but it misses the mark by having too many flaws. As far as textbooks are concerned, it tries to do a good job making statistics assessable to those who do not yet grasp the subject but it fails to do so for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, many of the concepts are not presented clearly and often assumes that the student has completely mastered them before moving on. This is particularly evident as the book progresses and one needs to hunt for topics that were presented one hundred pages (or more) previously and have not been discussed since. It is necessary to continuously jump around to previous pages in order to find materials being referenced and new examples do not contain all of the information need to solve them. While the solutions to many practice problems are found at the back of the book, they are not explained adequately making it almost impossible to determine how to reach the correct solution. While this text is on the right track (disregarding the author's personal biases regarding his non-statistical political agendas), it is incomplete and leads to many additional (and needless) hours to work through. For those who have not had a statistics course, this can cause a lot of grief. I ended up purchasing several other books in order to gain an understanding of what the author did not explain effectively. For me, this was compounded by the fact that our class devoured this book in a mere ten weeks - far too much information (especially when that information is not presented sufficiently) to glean in such a short period of time. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, November 9, 2008 By  Ray Depew "Ray" (Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    It's difficult to write a glowing review for a statistics textbook. Even if it's an excellent book, deserving of five stars, it's treating a subject the study of which, for most people, ranks right up there between watching paint dry and getting warts removed. I've used several statistics textbooks in teaching, tutoring and studying stats. Some of them had great illustrations, and some had a cool CD in the back. Most had instructions for using a TI calc, Excel or Minitab to solve problems. Some tried to push a sociopolitical agenda through careful selection of examples and problems. But until this book, none of them did a decent job of explaining, in plain language, what all the "things" in statistics really meant. Finally we have a textbook that explains to the student studying statistics for the first time, what the "standard deviation of the mean" (to choose a random example) really means, and why he/she should care. Other books may try, but their language is still up there in Math Land. This book gets it right. This book also has the great illustrations, the cool CD in back, the TI/Excel/Minitab instructions. It also has the sociopolitical agenda, as evidenced in the authors' choices for examples and problems. In a clever bit of self-parody, the book warns repeatedly about how easy it is to promote a sociopolitical agenda through the judicious use of statistics. The authors announce at the beginning of the book that it will not include any "how-to" algorithms or practice for calculating basic statistics by hand, since everyone has access to tools that do the hard work for you. That's a disappointment. Every student of statistics ought to calculate a standard deviation by hand once in their life, just so they know how it's done.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Great product oh the product is exactly what I expected to receive. In a top notch condition and I am very pleased with the price that I had to pay. Read more Published 4 days ago by Talethea D. Smith 4.0 out of 5 stars Got it in good time I got about 4 to 5 days after i ordered it. It was in the condition that was told. Good job Published 5 months ago by Penny Paxton 4.0 out of 5 stars The Basic Practice of statistics, 4th ed. Product was a little more worn than expected but still decent. 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Product Details

• Hardcover: 728 pages
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman; 4th edition (August 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071677478X
• ISBN-13: 978-0716774785
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,533 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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  #11 in	Books > Science > Mathematics > Applied > Probability & Statistics

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Key Points, August 1, 2008

By	S. M Marson (Lumberton, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I notice that most of the reviews for Moore's THE BASIC PRACTICE OF STATISTICS have been written by students. I found these reviews insightful to read. My students (like the ones who composed the reviews) are not math majors and do NOT want to enroll in a statistics course.

Being sensitive to that fact, I spent a great deal of time selecting a statistic text. I had several concerns which directed me toward adopting Moore's text:

1. Oftentimes, one can find typos in textbooks. This isn't a major problem, but if there is a typo in a formula, the problems for students are enormous! If the professor is from the math or statistics department, he/she can quickly catch the error and explain it to the students. If the professor is from the social sciences, he/she is less likely to catch the error. I've actually found errors in statistics textbooks. These critical errors usually can be found in books which are written by social scientists (someone like me). Thus, I've concluded that stat books written by statisticians are less apt to have typos than stat books written by social scientists. Moore is a statistician with a considerable reputation.

2. I needed a book with excellent graphic illustrations. A good graphic will help a student understand a complex statistical concept better than the written word. Moore's text is filled with great graphics that explain complex concepts. Page 347 is a great example and has produced an epiphany for several students.

3. I needed an introductory book that included information on control charts. Moore offers this. Frankly, I haven't found another intro stat book that does this.

I've reviewed a large number of statistic textbooks. In my estimation, Moore offers the best book for non math majors.

For more reading about the use of THE BASIC PRACTICE OF STATISTICS, check out volume 27 issues 3-4, 2007, pages 199-213 of THE JOURNAL OF TEACHING IN SOCIAL WORK.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to like this book, I really did, December 13, 2008

By	BookMan (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) - See all my reviews

. . .but it misses the mark by having too many flaws. As far as textbooks are concerned, it tries to do a good job making statistics assessable to those who do not yet grasp the subject but it fails to do so for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, many of the concepts are not presented clearly and often assumes that the student has completely mastered them before moving on. This is particularly evident as the book progresses and one needs to hunt for topics that were presented one hundred pages (or more) previously and have not been discussed since.

It is necessary to continuously jump around to previous pages in order to find materials being referenced and new examples do not contain all of the information need to solve them. While the solutions to many practice problems are found at the back of the book, they are not explained adequately making it almost impossible to determine how to reach the correct solution.

While this text is on the right track (disregarding the author's personal biases regarding his non-statistical political agendas), it is incomplete and leads to many additional (and needless) hours to work through. For those who have not had a statistics course, this can cause a lot of grief. I ended up purchasing several other books in order to gain an understanding of what the author did not explain effectively. For me, this was compounded by the fact that our class devoured this book in a mere ten weeks - far too much information (especially when that information is not presented sufficiently) to glean in such a short period of time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, November 9, 2008

By	Ray Depew "Ray" (Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's difficult to write a glowing review for a statistics textbook. Even if it's an excellent book, deserving of five stars, it's treating a subject the study of which, for most people, ranks right up there between watching paint dry and getting warts removed.

I've used several statistics textbooks in teaching, tutoring and studying stats. Some of them had great illustrations, and some had a cool CD in the back. Most had instructions for using a TI calc, Excel or Minitab to solve problems. Some tried to push a sociopolitical agenda through careful selection of examples and problems. But until this book, none of them did a decent job of explaining, in plain language, what all the "things" in statistics really meant.

Finally we have a textbook that explains to the student studying statistics for the first time, what the "standard deviation of the mean" (to choose a random example) really means, and why he/she should care. Other books may try, but their language is still up there in Math Land. This book gets it right.

This book also has the great illustrations, the cool CD in back, the TI/Excel/Minitab instructions. It also has the sociopolitical agenda, as evidenced in the authors' choices for examples and problems. In a clever bit of self-parody, the book warns repeatedly about how easy it is to promote a sociopolitical agenda through the judicious use of statistics.

The authors announce at the beginning of the book that it will not include any "how-to" algorithms or practice for calculating basic statistics by hand, since everyone has access to tools that do the hard work for you. That's a disappointment. Every student of statistics ought to calculate a standard deviation by hand once in their life, just so they know how it's done.